Combined ironing board and clothes rack cabinet



May 15, 1928.

1,669,760 c. B. JOHNSON COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND CLOTHES RACK CABINET Filed April 4, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet f .1 g l gwumto'o Christian B.J0hns0n May 15, 1928.

c. B. JOHNSON COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND CLOTHES RACK CABl I NET Filed April 4, 1927' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwue ntoz' Christian liJohnson I w MYMW N the accompanying drawings.

Patented May 15, 1928. V i UNITED STATES A CHRISTIAN n. .ronnsoiv, or sEATrLii, wasmneron.

COMBINED moNInG BOARD AND oLornnsiiAcK CABINET.

Application filed April 4; 1927. Serial No. 180,763.

My invention relates to ironing boards and with a lateral extension 21, which extends clothes racksot the type which are incorpofar enough outwardly to bear against the rated in a cabinet, this being usually built side wall of the casingfor against a wear into the wall of a house. y i plate carried thereby. Bythis expedientlthe to I The object of my invention is to provide board is safely positioned against lateral additional improvements to devices of this movement, while permitting ample clearance sort, and particularly *to provide means against the side edges .while being inserted wherebyfthe clothes rack is automatically in or removed from the cabinet I I raised "by the lowering of the ironing board, The ironing board,' whenlowered into p 10 and bywhich the clothes rack "may *beinainsition cit-use, is supported bya brace or leg tained in raised positionevenif the ironing 3. I have shown a method of attaching this board he swung upward or closed into the to theironing "board whiclnperinits of this cabin t, I V supporting leg "or .brace being placed in Another object of my invention is to proeither oftwopositions." One position, which II vide a supper ting leg andn eans for 'connectis shown in "full lines in Figure 1-, has-the ihg it with the ironing board, so that itmay leg =3 in vertical position and engaging the be placed in a diagonal position extending ironing board well towards the outer" end back under the i-rdning'b'oard or towardsits thereof.. The otherposition,*which isshown inner end, or, when desired, may be brought in dotted "lines in'the same :iigure, has [the l out and applied as a vertical post under the post '3 placed in a diagonal position, the

ironing board, well outward towards its. lower or inner end thereof extending into outer end. the bottom of the cabinet and engaging with I I Other obj'ects of my invention will be'dea "thrust block 11. *The upper or outer :end termined by a study of the specification and of the post 3 engages with the inner end of I ablocki22 carried bythe under surface of The accompanyi "g drawings illustrate my the ironing board soasto provide 'a substaninvention as I now prefer to make it. tial abutment against which the upper end Figure 1 shows aside view of my device, ofithe post may bear. a I1 I the enclosing cabinet being shown in sec- 1 The post 3 is secured to the ironing board $0 tion and the ironing board down, and the by means of a link 3O, this preferably being clothes rack up; I I made of a U shape andpivoted at 23 tothe Figure 2 "is a front elevation of thedevice ironing board or' to the block 22 carried with the parts enclosed in the cabinet and thereby. It is also pivoted at, 24 to the post, the front of the cabihet open; itselfthis pivotpoint being located a short no as I Figure 3 is a similar view, except that the distance downward from the upper end of parts of the device are in opened or position the post. By reason of this mounting, it is of use. I evident that the post may be swung outward This invention is specifically designed as into the position shown in full lines in Figan improvement upon Patent No. 1,277,599, ure 1, in which position it forms a substanit? issued September 3, 1918, to John Bjork tial and verticalleg, or it may be swung Johnson. The general features of construcbackward and under the ironing board, so tion of this device are along the line of that as to form a diagonal brace, as is shown by shown in said patent. In the drawings, 1 the dotted lines. represents a cabinet or casing which is de- At the upper end of the cabinet 1 is we signed to be inserted in the wall of a buildplaced a clothes rack. This comprises a ing. In this is mounted an ironing board base plate 5 pivoted at 31 to swing in the 2, this being journaled upon a transversely cabinet. This is provided with a series 01 extending pivot rod 12 carried by the side fingers or bars 50, which are pivoted as by walls of the casing or cabinet. The board is bolts 52, so that they may swing horizontally we 50 provided with two bearing plates 20, which when the device isin position of use. This extend over the pivot bar 12 and form the clothes rack is controlled in position by links bearings upon which the board turns. T0 or rods as 66, which are pivoted to the base fixedly position the boardagainst side movemember 5 and also to a bar 6 which is Inent while leaving it-free to move without mounted to slide in gu1des, as 60, carried lb"! 55 engagement with the sides of the cabinet, I by the back wall of the cabinet. Th1s rod prefer to provide the bearing plates 20 each 6 has its lower end 61 bent outwardly or forwardly so as to be at one time engaged by the inner end of the ironing board 2 when the latter is swung downward into position of use.

At the beginning of the downward swing of the ironing board, its upper end first engages the clothes rack to swing it outwardly and upwardly. This movement raises the bar 6 until. by the time the ironing board 2 is about to clear the rack fingers 50, the inner end of the ironing board 2 engages beneath the foot 61 and completes the upper movement of rod 6. Rod 6. being connected with the frame 5 of the rack, will cause the latter to be swung upward into horizontal position. When not in use, the clothes rack will swing downwardly into the cabinet and lie just inwardly of or back of the ironing board 2.

It is desirable in many cases tov provide means whereby the clothes rack may be maintained in raised position, even if the ironing-board is folded up. This may be done by providing one of the guides 60, illustrated in Figure 3 as the uppermost of these guides. with a lock bolt 64, preferably held inward or in locking position by a spring. which bolt extends through a side wall of the guide and is adapted to enter a notch formed in the side of the bar 6.

To provide means for insuring that the rack 50 shall be held in horizontal position when the ironing board is lowered, I have entered the upper end of the rod 6 within a socket in the head 63, which has the links or rods 66 journaled therein. A lock nut or bolt, as 65, which may be loosened when adjustment is desired, will enable the efiective length of the parts, which hold the rack raised, to be varied. If the rack has a tendency to sag down its outer ends, the adjustment of the holding bolt may be such as to lengthen the cfi'ective length of the rod (3, thereby raising the outer ends of the rack fingers 50.

An alternate or supplemental means for holding the rack in raised position may consist of a hook or books, as 67 which are mounted upon the pivot 51 of the rack frame and have their hooked ends engageahlc over the yoke or rods 66 by which the rack frame is supported. \Vhen so engaged, the ironing board may be folded into place without. allecting the clothes rack.

In conjunction with the parts mentioned, a small or sleeve board 4 may be incorporated in the device. This board is supported by links 40 pivoted under the board and to the back of the casing. The inner end of this board may be inserted under a block or thrust member, as 41, also carried by the back of the casing. This may be readily folded back, and when in closed position, lie back of the ironing board 2.

What I claim as my invention is:

The combination with a wall cabinet of an ironing board pivoted to swing into the cabinet, a block secured to the under side of the board, a supporting leg for said board, a link pivoted to said leg a short distance downward from its upper end and to said block, said block and link being proportioned to abut the upper end of the leg against the inner end of the block when the leg is swung inward to form a diagonal supporting brace and against the outer end of the block when the leg is swung outwardly to form a vertical supporting leg, and a'stop in the bottom of the cabinet engaged by the lower end of the brace when placed in said diagonal position.

Signed at Seattle,King County, Washington, this 19th day of March, 1927.

CHRISTIAN B. JOHNSON. 

